Installation, Maintenance, and Repair · Holland code RCI

Medical Equipment Repairers

Test, adjust, or repair biomedical or electromedical equipment.

Also called: Biomedical Electronics Technician (Biomed Electronics Tech), Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET), Biomedical Technician (Biomed Tech), Service Technician (Service Tech), Biomedical Engineering Technician (Biomed Engineering Tech), Dental Equipment Technician (Dental Equipment Tech), Durable Medical Equipment Technician (DME Tech), Medical Equipment Service Tech (Medical Equipment Service Technician).

O*NET 49-9062.00

At a glance

US median annual pay: $61,660; Middle half earn $47,470 to $78,500. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
Most common education: Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree; 39% of workers surveyed by O*NET report this level.
Preparation needed: Job Zone 3 of 5; Medium preparation. Zone 1 is little or none; zone 5 is graduate-level.
US employment outlook, 2024 to 2034: +13% · Much faster than average; 68,000 jobs in 2024, projected 76,800. BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, which groups this with similar roles as "Medical equipment repairers".

What the work involves

The tasks workers in this occupation rate as most important, from the O*NET survey.

Test or calibrate components or equipment, following manufacturers' manuals and troubleshooting techniques, using hand tools, power tools, or measuring devices.
Perform preventive maintenance or service, such as cleaning, lubricating, or adjusting equipment.
Inspect, test, or troubleshoot malfunctioning medical or related equipment, following manufacturers' specifications and using test and analysis instruments.
Keep records of maintenance, repair, and required updates of equipment.
Disassemble malfunctioning equipment and remove, repair, or replace defective parts, such as motors, clutches, or transformers.
Examine medical equipment or facility's structural environment and check for proper use of equipment to protect patients and staff from electrical or mechanical hazards and to ensure compliance with safety regulations.
Install medical equipment.
Test, evaluate, and classify excess or in-use medical equipment and determine serviceability, condition, and disposition, in accordance with regulations.

Skills and knowledge it leans on

Skills

Reading Comprehension3.1 / 5
Critical Thinking3.1 / 5
Active Listening3.0 / 5
Active Learning3.0 / 5
Speaking2.9 / 5
Mathematics2.9 / 5

Knowledge areas

Mechanical4.2 / 5
Computers and Electronics3.9 / 5
Customer and Personal Service3.9 / 5
English Language3.6 / 5
Engineering and Technology3.4 / 5
Mathematics3.0 / 5

Importance ratings on O*NET’s 1 to 5 scale. Higher means the occupation depends on it more.

Who tends to enjoy it

How strongly this occupation draws on each of the six Holland interest types, which is the same profile the career interests test compares you against.

Realistic100
Investigative60
Artistic0
Social16
Enterprising0
Conventional63

The same work abroad

Other countries classify jobs differently, so these are the closest matches through the international ISCO-08 standard, not exact equivalents.

European occupation titles (ESCO)

biomedical engineer · DE Biomedizinischer Ingenieur/Biomedizinische Ingenieurin · FR ingénieur en biotechnologies de la santé/ingénieure en biotechnologies de la santé
medical device engineer · DE Ingenieur Medizintechnik/Ingenieurin Medizintechnik · FR ingénieur biomédical/ingénieure biomédicale
medical device engineering technician · DE Techniker Medizintechnik/Technikerin Medizintechnik · FR technicien en ingénierie des dispositifs médicaux/technicienne en ingénierie des dispositifs médicaux
audiology technician · DE Hörgeräteakustiker/Hörgeräteakustikerin · FR audioprothésiste
prosthetist-orthotist · DE Orthopädist Prothetik und Orthetik/Orthopädistin Prothetik und Orthetik · FR orthoprothésiste
prosthetic-orthotics technician · DE Orthopädietechnik-Mechaniker/Orthopädietechnik-Mechanikerin · FR technicien podo-orthésiste prothésiste/technicienne podo-orthésiste prothésiste

Closest UK occupation groups (SOC 2020)

Precision instrument makers and repairers (5224)15,800 employed
Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c. (8149)26,300 employed
Assemblers (electrical and electronic products) (8141)24,400 employed

Employment is the UK Annual Population Survey for April 2025 to March 2026, all workers in the group, which can be broader than this one occupation.

Pay across Europe, for the whole group

Median annual earnings of all employees in “Technicians and associate professionals”. This is the broad ISCO group this occupation falls in, not the occupation itself, so treat it as context for the wage level, not as a salary for this job.

Median annual earnings, Technicians and associate professionals, by country
Country	Median pay
Belgium	€50,992
Austria	€46,986
Germany	€44,473
Netherlands	€42,448
Ireland	€41,613
Sweden	€41,155
Italy	€34,882
France	€34,816
Spain	€29,757
Portugal	€18,080
Poland	€12,108

Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey, businesses with ten or more employees outside public administration, in euro and not adjusted for the cost of living. Reference years differ between sources: the US, Japan and Europe figures on this page come from different survey years, so compare them as rough levels, not to the euro or yen.

Exposure to AI

This occupation sits in the middle third of the 774 occupations scored, with an exposure score of -0.28. The scores are standardized across those occupations, so 0 is the average and a score of 1 is about one standard deviation above it.

Our note on reading it: the dataset links AI applications to the abilities that occupations require, so the score reflects overlap between the two. It is a comparison between occupations, not a forecast about jobs. It does not say whether exposure means tasks are replaced or workers get more done with the tools, and it says little about one employer or one role.

Source: Felten, E., Raj, M., & Seamans, R. (2021). Occupational, industry, and geographic exposure to artificial intelligence: A novel dataset and its potential uses. Strategic Management Journal, 42(12), 2195-2217. Matched to this page by 6-digit SOC code (49-9062).

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